Edo Traveler

According to Shigeru Nara's ideas, he has already seen a place in Yokosuka that is perfectly suitable for building a new shipyard. Moreover, Yokosuka is very close to Yokohama and Edo, so it is convenient everywhere.

Shigeru Qian Nara can produce it by himself, but the technology and talents will have to be helped by the shogunate.

Chuemon had nothing to do, but ordered him to select personnel first and go to the Yokohama Shipyard for apprenticeships. At the same time, some students of the Merchant Marine School can also accept the employment of Shigeru Nara, and first set up the framework of the Yokosuka Shipyard. After the shipyard is built, it is convenient to put it into production directly.

"The other thing is the Qing Dynasty's purchase of soldiers. Let's talk about it."

After hearing this news, Chuemon actually had some feelings in his mind, but he was not completely sure what Shigeru Nara said. After all, according to Shigeru Nara, the people of the Qing Dynasty bought the military wheel mainly to suppress the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and secondly, it was the key point for defending the Bohai Bay.

This seems to be different from the "Aspen Fleet" in history. Of course, it is also possible that the history of Chuemon was not well studied or memorized. In short, this is a small event, you can understand.

Because after the dissolution of the Aspen fleet in history, his flagship "Jiangsu" was bought by the shogunate, and then entered the battle sequence of the shogunate navy, and even participated in the "Peony Club Incident" after that. Later, because of the rapid development of the navy, the ship was decommissioned and dismantled after not serving for many years.

So, if it really is the Aspen fleet, it is indeed an incident related to the shogunate.

Since Chuemon asked, Shigeru Nara must know everything and say everything. He also heard about it from an English merchant who was doing business with him. It was naturally the local governor who actively suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as well as Prince Gong and others who assisted the government in the capital.

Today's main purpose is naturally to suppress the Taiping army in the Jiangnan area. After all, the foreign powers used the navy to open the country twice, even if the upper-level rulers who brought Qing were still numb, the framers below also understood. The foreigners have a strong cannon, and I have money with me, so why don't I just buy it back.

It can not only strengthen the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, but also suppress the Taiping Army. The important thing is that the Eight Banners are not resistant to water warfare. I am afraid that this army will eventually fall into the hands of Han officials and gentry. Whether he is a regiment or a battalion, he can speak loudly in the Qing court.

Through the war in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Han officials, gentry and landlords became more and more important in the Qing court. It's just that there is still a Senggelinqin in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his army of 30,000 horses and infantry is there. Therefore, the Manchus still had a force in their hands, and from a feudal point of view, they could be regarded as an army that was accustomed to fighting.

It can be divided equally with the regiments of Han officials, gentry and landlords, and all the powers of generals are controlled by Han officials and gentry.

The battle between the two sides is still going on, but the idea of ​​buying Western-style warships and establishing a modern navy has indeed appeared, and the need for clearing up is quite urgent.

It's just that because of the state of war with Britain and France, the ruling upper echelons of the Qing Dynasty have no idea what other countries are capable of building new warships. For the Manchu dignitaries, until the time of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, some people asked why there were two "Japanese states" in the treaty.

Can't tell the difference between Japan and Japan...

Hearing the news, the British acting customs and tax department Hurd, and the tax department Li Thailand and others jumped up and down. It's one thing to fight with the Qing Dynasty, but it is another thing to try to monopolize and control the Qing Dynasty's navy.

As a world-class **** stirrer, Daiying is very good at listening to the wind and seeing things. A war is a war, and it will not prevent Hurd from actively negotiating with various officials at the customs. Britain is willing to sell the ship, very willing, you come and buy it.

This news is really important!

Of course, Chuemon has no intention of doing something nasty to sell his head to help Qing. Take this **** out of the way, if there is a way to make him die sooner, Chuemon would be eager for it. This kind of scornful regime is even more scornful than the Tokugawa shogunate. The sooner you die, the better.

But **** it, it doesn't affect the others. Who is the order for the Aspen Fleet? You give it to the British, can the British read you? Bao Buqihede, Li Taitai and Aspen directly scolded Daoqing behind their backs as a fool. Not only want to make your money, but also to gain your power, and finally take your country, and lead the British to do this.

Anyway, the order of this fleet is "innocent"!

Instead of taking it to Daiying, why couldn't the shogunate win it? It is not necessarily necessary to compete with Daiying directly, because Daiying is counting on this to control the navy of Daiqing. If the shogunate directly ends up and fights against Daiying, there will be no good fruit to eat.

It's best to get the French on board, and the French are quite keen on stumbling the British. He and Daiying united, crossed tens of thousands of miles, and came to the Qing Kingdom, not to share the interests of Dai Qing's aggression?

France will not be happy to see Daoqing being occupied by the British family, not only the French are not happy, but in theory all the foreign powers are not happy. Does the Tsarist Russia not want the north of the Qing country? If he had the opportunity, it would be easy to take away the entire north of the Yangtze River.

In history, the Qing Dynasty was able to survive until the 20th century, and a big reason was that the interests of the Qing Dynasty were too great, and it could not be eaten by any single power. All foreign powers are not allowed, any one is dominant. One by one, they shouted "Open the door", and UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com plundered their own interests in the Qing Kingdom.

With this major premise in place, things are actually easy to handle.

Tell Count Roche that the British want to control the Qing's navy, and then directly intervene in the Qing's military power, and even force Qing to become a puppet state or protectorate of the United Kingdom step by step.

Are you just watching?

The glory of France is gone? Even if your glory is gone, are you ready to give up the aggressive interests you are bringing? The plan for a great colonial empire from the Indochina Peninsula, all the way to Japan and Korea, was abandoned?

You boy gave up, can your Majesty Emperor Napoleon III give up? As the envoy of the Second French Empire in Japan, after hearing such news, could it be that he was indifferent.

Chuemon can be sure, as long as he discloses the news to Count Roche. Then Count Roche will definitely end up in person, making this matter a mess.

After he stirs up the yellow, the Qing Dynasty's need to buy Western-style warships will not disappear because of this. The shogunate can take action at that time and appear as a third party or a neutral party to build the Western-style warships he needs for the Qing Dynasty.